Before and after: One year after the Japan tsunami

(Top) A catamaran sightseeing boat, washed in by the tsunami, sits atop a two-story tourist home in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on April 16, 2011. (Bottom) The same area on January 16, 2012.

(Top) A catamaran sightseeing boat, washed in by the tsunami, sits atop a two-story tourist home in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on April 16, 2011. (Bottom) The same area on January 16, 2012. (Yasuyoski Chiba (top), Toru Yamanak (bottom), AFP/Getty Images)

(Top) A cherry blossom tree stands amid tsunami devastation in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture on April 20, 2011. (Bottom) The same area on January 16, 2012.

(Top) A cherry blossom tree stands amid tsunami devastation in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture on April 20, 2011. (Bottom) The same area on January 16, 2012. (Yasuyoski Chiba (top), Toru Yamanak (bottom), AFP/Getty Images)